Every morning the sun breaks over the Indian sub continent and semi literate , semi conscious humanity of this country wakes up and craves for their dose of daily news.What seems to be the norm of the day is an unsettling reality about the division bell that rings loud enough in this country to deafen the cries of sanity.
Impunity has become the buzzword for anyone wiling and able to break the law. Well, a realistic analysis would make you realise that almost 100% of all adults fall under the 'willing' category.The 'able' are another sect, not high in percentage but quite visible and vocal.
As if we had a shortage of religious and regional armies in India, the Ram Sena decides to beat up a few women in order to reprimand them for being a part of India that BJP showcased ( Yes, I do mean INDIA SHINING).If sitting in a pub is a crime, who gave them a licence to operate in the first place ?Or maybe we should attack Software companies and Business consultancies as well, I heard men and women eat lunch together in those offices ! ( Bal Thackeray would already be grinding his teeth in anger if he was reading this article, how dare the corporate world engage in such obsceneties? )
On the other hand, the core issue and the catalyst for such attacks remains elusive from discussions and war-cries between the liberals and the radicals.
For everyone following up on such stories, its about religious fanaticism taking over an otherwise secular and progressive society.
The truth is, by beating up that woman, the Ram/Bajrang/Shiv Sena warrior got the lucky chance to touch a woman's body for the first time in life ( unless he shared a room with his Didi, Dadi or Mausi).Legalise prostitution, encourage strip clubs, give these men a reason to unwind and feel like a man. And you will see how quickly these armies dissapear. id even say give them discounts because they have displayed extreme crave for women( 10% discount on displaying your Shiv Sena id card).
The now so popular Senas of different kinds are nothing but a bunch of frustrated men who would like to beat the lucky ones up and attack women to compensate for the feeling of rejection and neglect they grew up with.
All of you ladies out there, tell me one good looking religious leader, when was the last time you looked at raj Thackeray or Praveen Togadia and went " Ooh, thats my kinda man..hottie".Im sure you would not be able to recall any such thing from the last 2 million years.
We need to get these men laid, thats the solution to religious fundamentalism.
Considering ourselves the biggest democracy in the world, we expect our government and leaders to take action about this rampant rape of public security. The BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka, where most of these cases seem to be happening, releases a mild statement telling these groups to behave. ( For your reference, we would refer to the BJP Chief Minister as Pussy from now).
So Pussy decides not to do much and let 'destiny' take its own course, afterall destiny and luck have an integral role in the leadership structure and indian society.The Central government sits on its comfy chairs and decides to 'observe' these stray incidents, well no country is perfect afterall.
So half a century after indipendence, new IIMs coming up, Oscar winning slum stories and India's moon mission, things dont seem that bad, except for the fact that YOU, yes yes YOU (the reader) can be beaten up on the street anytime, anywhere and you should just quietly take it.
The government, the police and the pussies around you wont say a word or raise a finger.
Get these religious guys laid, buy yourself a Burqa, buy a gun for self defence.
These are the 3 ways out, make your choice.
Or else, end supporting radical forces, Do not vote for the BJP in this election, root out the political parties that support hate.
Lets hope we can sit down for a drink at a cafe in 5 years from now, without worrying about getting molested or beaten. Amen.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Grand rape of democracy
Whenever and whoever gets chosen as the next captain of this ailing ship, would be called the Prime Minister of India, post the April elections. The morning would start with the conventional national address by our leader, followed by yet another set of promises, which would emphasize on rural development and uplift of the downtrodden. Ironically 10% of India would not be able to witness the Prime Minister’s patriotic rhetoric owing to power cuts across the nation. Another 40% would miss it again owing it to their inability to purchase a television set.
But it’s the thought that counts, isn’t it? The feeling of being a proud citizen of a sovereign democratic republic overwhelms any of such trivial blockages in witnessing a national address. Afterall we are independent, our fundamental rights allow us to travel anywhere we wish to, pursue any career we want to and practice any religion we want to!
The country is currently reeling under a severe terror threat , with airports resembling fortresses and the men in uniform outnumbering passengers at railway station. The government is prepared as always and so is the common man on the street who knows he will be at the receiving end of any onslaught by the mercenaries.
Why do we get attacked anyway ? The Indian troops have never even ventured into a rogue state like Iraq or Afghanistan , as they have been too busy fighting a proxy war on our on soil anyways. So what makes India a dartboard for several terror preachers? Why can ULFA and NSCN strike with impunity anywhere and at anytime and proliferate an agenda as well, while the govt. constitutes one task force after another to tackle the menace.
The biggest nationalists , patriots and our leaders have always taken immense pride in the country’s cultural diversity, which undoubtedly is a unique feature of the second most populous nation in the world.
After thorough analysis and observation, the same cultural diversity has lead to a severely intolerant society during the last decade. The acceptance of separate cultures has taken a beating in areas of exclusive dominance by a community. Terms like ‘communally fragile ‘ have been associated with several towns and cities across India.
How did an Independent India take this discourse from its road to supremacy ?
We might choose to ignore it but when the terror is right in your backyard, it is no longer a story in the newspaper. The suspect list for most of the terror attacks contains names of scores of young men from the minority community. Why does a citizen of this country does not feel like one, what compels him to take up arms against his own countrymen, and what satisfaction does he derive from all the mayhem he creates at the cost of hundreds of civilian lives?
The answer to these questions lies within, the truth that we witness but choose not to acknowledge. The hate games that are being sponsored in this country by the power hungry politicians post independence have been on an all time high in the last 20 years.
The consistent neglect of the poorer section of the country and the lack of will to address their problems have led to the naxalite movement, whose area of influence now ranges from Andhra Pradesh to Jharkhand.
The complete ignorance of sections and communities can be gauged by the fact that, inspite of being 7 different states, the entire group is just North-East to us. How many of us can name all these states with their capitals? And how often do they make top national news?
This stature of lesser importance is based on the fact that people there have major cultural differences when compared to the mainland states like UP and Haryana.
None of us would ever even think of considering UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab to being referred as just North!
Only lately after the persistent violence in the North East, people from mainland started identifying these states separately. Even then the common notion is that ,the entire north east is disturbed.
But as the age old saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. 59 years of Independence and mismanagement in running the country has given birth to a new breed of people, which is non-vociferous but sizeable.
They believe in peace, hope and pledge to distance itself from trivial hatred fuelling issues and rather want to stick to development of self as well as the nation.
All this while when the Naxalite menace was on the rise, the bombs went off in markets and politicians were entangled in one scam after another, this breed was unfazed and kept working towards a better nation. The men and women who instead of crying hoarse over the state of affairs, decided to make a difference and worked hard to make this country a better place to live in.
The silver lining is visible now, after three decades of below average progress, the country's economy grew at 6 percent a year from 1980 to 2002 and at 7.5 percent a year from 2002 to 2006 , making it a formidable global player well as one of the world's best-performing economies for the quarter century. Meanwhile, population growth rate subsided from 2.2 percent a year to 1.7 percent at present thereby boosting the per capita income, from $1,178 to $3,051 (in terms of purchasing-power parity) since 1980. India is now the world's fourth-largest economy. Soon it will surpass Japan to become the third largest.
All this seems non-sense to a person who is still worried about vehicle-clogged roads, corrupt politicians and rising taxes. A change in the perception is what would make all the difference - The roads are vehicle clogged because people can afford cars now, the taxes are rising but so is the income but the lesser said about the politicians the better. When were they supposed to be clean anyway!
All these years of independence have not gone in vain afterall, the exuberance and dedication of the men and women who have been instrumental in bringing about this change is clearly evident from the results now. Team India is a force to reckon with, our education is considered one of the best and our religious tolerance despite being scarred continues to set an example for the global community.
Who are these people who have been working hard all this while, undeterred and consistent in their strive for a better India? The people to whom differences based on caste, community and race do not make sense.
My salute goes out to you my fellow countrymen, my brothers and sisters who have worked hard inspite of the setbacks and testing times.
On this occasion of India's yet another grand display of its democratic prowess, lets give ourselves a reason to cheer and root for the country we were born in. Jai Hind!
But it’s the thought that counts, isn’t it? The feeling of being a proud citizen of a sovereign democratic republic overwhelms any of such trivial blockages in witnessing a national address. Afterall we are independent, our fundamental rights allow us to travel anywhere we wish to, pursue any career we want to and practice any religion we want to!
The country is currently reeling under a severe terror threat , with airports resembling fortresses and the men in uniform outnumbering passengers at railway station. The government is prepared as always and so is the common man on the street who knows he will be at the receiving end of any onslaught by the mercenaries.
Why do we get attacked anyway ? The Indian troops have never even ventured into a rogue state like Iraq or Afghanistan , as they have been too busy fighting a proxy war on our on soil anyways. So what makes India a dartboard for several terror preachers? Why can ULFA and NSCN strike with impunity anywhere and at anytime and proliferate an agenda as well, while the govt. constitutes one task force after another to tackle the menace.
The biggest nationalists , patriots and our leaders have always taken immense pride in the country’s cultural diversity, which undoubtedly is a unique feature of the second most populous nation in the world.
After thorough analysis and observation, the same cultural diversity has lead to a severely intolerant society during the last decade. The acceptance of separate cultures has taken a beating in areas of exclusive dominance by a community. Terms like ‘communally fragile ‘ have been associated with several towns and cities across India.
How did an Independent India take this discourse from its road to supremacy ?
We might choose to ignore it but when the terror is right in your backyard, it is no longer a story in the newspaper. The suspect list for most of the terror attacks contains names of scores of young men from the minority community. Why does a citizen of this country does not feel like one, what compels him to take up arms against his own countrymen, and what satisfaction does he derive from all the mayhem he creates at the cost of hundreds of civilian lives?
The answer to these questions lies within, the truth that we witness but choose not to acknowledge. The hate games that are being sponsored in this country by the power hungry politicians post independence have been on an all time high in the last 20 years.
The consistent neglect of the poorer section of the country and the lack of will to address their problems have led to the naxalite movement, whose area of influence now ranges from Andhra Pradesh to Jharkhand.
The complete ignorance of sections and communities can be gauged by the fact that, inspite of being 7 different states, the entire group is just North-East to us. How many of us can name all these states with their capitals? And how often do they make top national news?
This stature of lesser importance is based on the fact that people there have major cultural differences when compared to the mainland states like UP and Haryana.
None of us would ever even think of considering UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab to being referred as just North!
Only lately after the persistent violence in the North East, people from mainland started identifying these states separately. Even then the common notion is that ,the entire north east is disturbed.
But as the age old saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. 59 years of Independence and mismanagement in running the country has given birth to a new breed of people, which is non-vociferous but sizeable.
They believe in peace, hope and pledge to distance itself from trivial hatred fuelling issues and rather want to stick to development of self as well as the nation.
All this while when the Naxalite menace was on the rise, the bombs went off in markets and politicians were entangled in one scam after another, this breed was unfazed and kept working towards a better nation. The men and women who instead of crying hoarse over the state of affairs, decided to make a difference and worked hard to make this country a better place to live in.
The silver lining is visible now, after three decades of below average progress, the country's economy grew at 6 percent a year from 1980 to 2002 and at 7.5 percent a year from 2002 to 2006 , making it a formidable global player well as one of the world's best-performing economies for the quarter century. Meanwhile, population growth rate subsided from 2.2 percent a year to 1.7 percent at present thereby boosting the per capita income, from $1,178 to $3,051 (in terms of purchasing-power parity) since 1980. India is now the world's fourth-largest economy. Soon it will surpass Japan to become the third largest.
All this seems non-sense to a person who is still worried about vehicle-clogged roads, corrupt politicians and rising taxes. A change in the perception is what would make all the difference - The roads are vehicle clogged because people can afford cars now, the taxes are rising but so is the income but the lesser said about the politicians the better. When were they supposed to be clean anyway!
All these years of independence have not gone in vain afterall, the exuberance and dedication of the men and women who have been instrumental in bringing about this change is clearly evident from the results now. Team India is a force to reckon with, our education is considered one of the best and our religious tolerance despite being scarred continues to set an example for the global community.
Who are these people who have been working hard all this while, undeterred and consistent in their strive for a better India? The people to whom differences based on caste, community and race do not make sense.
My salute goes out to you my fellow countrymen, my brothers and sisters who have worked hard inspite of the setbacks and testing times.
On this occasion of India's yet another grand display of its democratic prowess, lets give ourselves a reason to cheer and root for the country we were born in. Jai Hind!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Zionism and 'our' world
Before the rational human being inside you spurts out words like ‘racist, biased or bloody Palestinian supporter’, let me make this clear, no matter what happened back in the holocaust days, nothing justifies the Israeli massacre of civilians.
Now if my rigid stance and opinion is something you can live with, I would welcome you to be party to my opinion on the situation in the troubled Middle East.
Stumbling block, just the bare essentials of this problem are so messed up . To begin with, the gravity of the situation and the West’s seriousness can be gauged by the fact that they choose to call this region the ‘Middle East’, and everyone else follows suit. Geographically (and adding a portion of respect) it should be Central Asia, and not the ‘Middle East’. Anyway, for now, we’ll just consider it as a precedent that the west started and the world aped, so lets move on to the core issues and highlights of the manslaughter and victimization whining by both factions of the hostility.
Fellow inquisitive surfers, to quench your first bout of thirst, let me explain the concept of Zionism, the fundamental root cause of my unstoppable hatred towards them and the grey areas that point a finger at their existence itself.
For those of you who like to recline and take life as it comes, I would simply quote Wikipedia on this one. As per Wikipedia:
Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in the historic Land of Israel , later called Palestine, and continues primarily as support for the modern state of Israel. Zionism is partly based on strong historical ties and religious traditions linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, where the concept of Jewish nationhood first evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and the late Second Temple era (i.e. up to 70 CE) The modern movement was mainly founded by secular Jews, beginning largely as a response by European Jewry to anti-Semitism across Europe. Zionism grew rapidly and, after the Holocaust, became the dominant Jewish political movement.
Since the first century CE most Jews have lived in exile, although there has been a constant presence of Jews in the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel). According to Judaism, Eretz Israel, or Zion, is a land promised to the Jews by God according to the Bible. After the 2nd century Bar Kokhba revolt, the Romans expelled the Jews from Palestine, thus forming the Jewish diaspora.
Now wait a second, doesn’t this sound like something we read in a story book when we were 7 years old! A young prince was visited by god in his dreams, and then god told him that your kingdom lies in XYZ, go get it tiger!
The prince goes on with his followers and believers of his ‘vision’, hack the people of XYZ to death and then announce “this land was promised to us by god himself, its ours.”
To sum it all up, that’s how I look at Israel. A bunch of aggressive (Backed by the West, they can actually afford to be aggressive) Jews who would go to any extent to seek their ‘promised land’.
Well, enough said about the history and the concept of the land of olives ( hah! What an irony, OLIVES!)
The spat between the Arab world and the West is not new. Differences of race, religion , culture and global opinions have been long standing and will do so till the time the cost of life doesn’t become standard on both sides.
Strategically, the United States loves the concept of Israel. If I could have my younger brother living in the house of a neighbor who hates me, I would love it too!
So this is how the little game of “Kill Arabs and Condoleezza releases statements on TV” is played. The rules are straight…there aint no rules for Israel. That’s the first rule.
The second rule, disarm every single person in Palestine, starve them till they lose their frame of mind, and then kill their little children so that they throw rocks at you out of helplessness.
The ‘throwing rock’ part is extremely essential here, you need some footage on CNN to prove that they were killed because Israeli Forces (wearing bullet proof gear and carrying rifles) were under attack. Any other media would not be allowed and all information from the war zone filtered by the American-Israeli players of this annual sporting event.
Stumbling block 2. - Now isn’t the UN supposed to do something at this stage?
Well, the UN involves itself in the game and hangs a ‘Shoot Me’ banner on all of its buildings, since it buys them a genuine excuse to shrug their shoulders and say “See, they don’t even listen to us, we get shot at too”
What surprises and secures my admiration for our world leaders is their impeccable capability to kiss ass. Since Obama-Bush-Whoever the fuck Mr. President decides to silently observe and analyze the situation for weeks before claiming that there is ‘some tension’ in the Middle East, they all try to imitate the same and the world quietly switches television channels feeling helpless about those little children draped in white clothes. We don’t even have the IDF around here to throw rocks at!
Now just before you presume that I am a big Mel Gibson fan and I have the collector’s edition of ‘Passion of the Christ’ in my closet, I would bring out the dirty linen from the other side too.
The Arab world is a world of neatly padicured, soft gentlemen in their Maybachs and Bentleys who feel pained at the sight of the Palestinian misery.
So the rich, influential, and powerful Arab lobby decides to do something that makes a huge difference. They issue Statements. (for the uninitiated, pun intended here)
“The Arab world stands behind Palestine in this troubled time”
The key word here would be ‘behind’. They have the front row seats to the massacre game!!
The Jews all over the world start ranting their 60 year old crap about how they were subjected to genocide and how their grandparents were melted, burnt, tonsured, raped, whatever.
I’m not a holocaust denier, but neither am I in favor of repeating the damn thing a million times every single fuckin year since 1945. Romas, Ukranians, Polish, Homosexuals were killed during the holocaust too. Do you ever meet a Polish or Ukranian who whines and victimizes himself as much as the Jews do? (The whole world knows the kind of money Jews make, please stop the self pity, please.)
Now before you put your finger on your chin and start to take interest in this little piece of informative racism here, I would request you to do that math yourself.
Dig out a few Israeli Human Rights violations, let every Israeli know that the world hates them for what they do, express yourself and don’t just feel bad about that little dead Palestinian child on your newspaper website.
Im just the rain man, you bring the change to the weather yourself.
Support the right to live, support the right to fight when you get thrown out of your home, support the right to have children and see them grow, support the right to say ‘Allah ho Akbar’ as a praise of the almighty.
More concrete evidence towards zionist aggression can be studied at: ( DISTURBING IMAGES)
http://www.revisionisthistory.org/palestine46.html
http://palsolidarity.org/2007/07/2467
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW1-_JmXQt0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU&feature=related
Take a stand now, spread the word.
May the Zionists seek the answer in peace. Shalom.
Now if my rigid stance and opinion is something you can live with, I would welcome you to be party to my opinion on the situation in the troubled Middle East.
Stumbling block, just the bare essentials of this problem are so messed up . To begin with, the gravity of the situation and the West’s seriousness can be gauged by the fact that they choose to call this region the ‘Middle East’, and everyone else follows suit. Geographically (and adding a portion of respect) it should be Central Asia, and not the ‘Middle East’. Anyway, for now, we’ll just consider it as a precedent that the west started and the world aped, so lets move on to the core issues and highlights of the manslaughter and victimization whining by both factions of the hostility.
Fellow inquisitive surfers, to quench your first bout of thirst, let me explain the concept of Zionism, the fundamental root cause of my unstoppable hatred towards them and the grey areas that point a finger at their existence itself.
For those of you who like to recline and take life as it comes, I would simply quote Wikipedia on this one. As per Wikipedia:
Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in the historic Land of Israel , later called Palestine, and continues primarily as support for the modern state of Israel. Zionism is partly based on strong historical ties and religious traditions linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, where the concept of Jewish nationhood first evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and the late Second Temple era (i.e. up to 70 CE) The modern movement was mainly founded by secular Jews, beginning largely as a response by European Jewry to anti-Semitism across Europe. Zionism grew rapidly and, after the Holocaust, became the dominant Jewish political movement.
Since the first century CE most Jews have lived in exile, although there has been a constant presence of Jews in the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel). According to Judaism, Eretz Israel, or Zion, is a land promised to the Jews by God according to the Bible. After the 2nd century Bar Kokhba revolt, the Romans expelled the Jews from Palestine, thus forming the Jewish diaspora.
Now wait a second, doesn’t this sound like something we read in a story book when we were 7 years old! A young prince was visited by god in his dreams, and then god told him that your kingdom lies in XYZ, go get it tiger!
The prince goes on with his followers and believers of his ‘vision’, hack the people of XYZ to death and then announce “this land was promised to us by god himself, its ours.”
To sum it all up, that’s how I look at Israel. A bunch of aggressive (Backed by the West, they can actually afford to be aggressive) Jews who would go to any extent to seek their ‘promised land’.
Well, enough said about the history and the concept of the land of olives ( hah! What an irony, OLIVES!)
The spat between the Arab world and the West is not new. Differences of race, religion , culture and global opinions have been long standing and will do so till the time the cost of life doesn’t become standard on both sides.
Strategically, the United States loves the concept of Israel. If I could have my younger brother living in the house of a neighbor who hates me, I would love it too!
So this is how the little game of “Kill Arabs and Condoleezza releases statements on TV” is played. The rules are straight…there aint no rules for Israel. That’s the first rule.
The second rule, disarm every single person in Palestine, starve them till they lose their frame of mind, and then kill their little children so that they throw rocks at you out of helplessness.
The ‘throwing rock’ part is extremely essential here, you need some footage on CNN to prove that they were killed because Israeli Forces (wearing bullet proof gear and carrying rifles) were under attack. Any other media would not be allowed and all information from the war zone filtered by the American-Israeli players of this annual sporting event.
Stumbling block 2. - Now isn’t the UN supposed to do something at this stage?
Well, the UN involves itself in the game and hangs a ‘Shoot Me’ banner on all of its buildings, since it buys them a genuine excuse to shrug their shoulders and say “See, they don’t even listen to us, we get shot at too”
What surprises and secures my admiration for our world leaders is their impeccable capability to kiss ass. Since Obama-Bush-Whoever the fuck Mr. President decides to silently observe and analyze the situation for weeks before claiming that there is ‘some tension’ in the Middle East, they all try to imitate the same and the world quietly switches television channels feeling helpless about those little children draped in white clothes. We don’t even have the IDF around here to throw rocks at!
Now just before you presume that I am a big Mel Gibson fan and I have the collector’s edition of ‘Passion of the Christ’ in my closet, I would bring out the dirty linen from the other side too.
The Arab world is a world of neatly padicured, soft gentlemen in their Maybachs and Bentleys who feel pained at the sight of the Palestinian misery.
So the rich, influential, and powerful Arab lobby decides to do something that makes a huge difference. They issue Statements. (for the uninitiated, pun intended here)
“The Arab world stands behind Palestine in this troubled time”
The key word here would be ‘behind’. They have the front row seats to the massacre game!!
The Jews all over the world start ranting their 60 year old crap about how they were subjected to genocide and how their grandparents were melted, burnt, tonsured, raped, whatever.
I’m not a holocaust denier, but neither am I in favor of repeating the damn thing a million times every single fuckin year since 1945. Romas, Ukranians, Polish, Homosexuals were killed during the holocaust too. Do you ever meet a Polish or Ukranian who whines and victimizes himself as much as the Jews do? (The whole world knows the kind of money Jews make, please stop the self pity, please.)
Now before you put your finger on your chin and start to take interest in this little piece of informative racism here, I would request you to do that math yourself.
Dig out a few Israeli Human Rights violations, let every Israeli know that the world hates them for what they do, express yourself and don’t just feel bad about that little dead Palestinian child on your newspaper website.
Im just the rain man, you bring the change to the weather yourself.
Support the right to live, support the right to fight when you get thrown out of your home, support the right to have children and see them grow, support the right to say ‘Allah ho Akbar’ as a praise of the almighty.
More concrete evidence towards zionist aggression can be studied at: ( DISTURBING IMAGES)
http://www.revisionisthistory.org/palestine46.html
http://palsolidarity.org/2007/07/2467
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW1-_JmXQt0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU&feature=related
Take a stand now, spread the word.
May the Zionists seek the answer in peace. Shalom.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
NEVER VOTE FOR BJP
Here is a sad story of a Christian father who dared to practice a religion of his choice in the Hindu dominated land. All he did was about adhering to the Fundamental Rights that we enjoy.
Victim of anti-Christian mob describes experiences: The Hindu
Bhubaneswar, Sept 30: “Let the law enforcement machinery, those who know the truth, speak the truth. They know who are the perpetrators of the crime, a matter of shame and insult to the law,” Father Thomas Chellan told The Hindu.
A Catholic priest belonging to the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar, he was dragged out of his hiding place in K Nuagaon, a small urban centre in strife-torn Kandhamal district, in the afternoon of August 25. A mob armed with lathis, axes, spades, crowbars, iron rods and sickles, and shouting anti-Christian, Hindutva slogans, brutalised him, Meanwhile, his co-worker, a 28-year-old nun, was taken to a nearby building, and gang-raped in public view. The district has been in the throes of anti-Christian violence ever since December 2007. Following the murder of an RSS leader Lakshmananda Saraswathi, on August 23, the violence has escalated sharply.
Since then, Christian institutions and Christians’ homes have been burnt and looted, several Christian workers killed, priests and nuns hunted down, and Dalit Christian families driven into the forests and into relief camps. When he heard of the murder of the RSS leader, and amid rumours of threats to Christian workers and their institutions by his supporters, Father Chellan alerted the police outpost located outside his institution, the Divya Jyothi Pastor Centre. “I was overconfident in believing that nothing would happen to us,” he said. On August 24, the day the funeral procession of the RSS leader was being taken through the villages of the area, a “huge crowd appeared before the Pastor Centre at around 4.30 pm,” Father Chellan said. Seeing the mood of the crowd, he along with a co-priest and the young Sister jumped the wall of the Centre. “In half an hour, everything was in flames,” he said.
They watched the funeral procession being taken in front of the centre, and believed the worst was over. On the advice of some of their supporters they hid in the forests that night. The next morning they returned to the centre, and around 9 a.m. saw a crowd burn the Pentecostal Church in front of their centre. Sensing danger, a Hindu house owner hid Father Chellan and the nun in his house, but they were pulled out by the crowd. The rest is best described in a letter that was dictated by Father Chellan to a fellow priest soon after the incident from Bhubaneswar where he arrived, bruised and shaken, on August 26. He did this to put on record exactly what had happened to him on August 25: “When I was brought out sister was already standing with the crowd as they caught her first. Immediately they began hitting me all over, forcefully removing my shirt and banian. They asked me: ‘Why did you kill the swamiji? How much have you given to the killers? Why are you conducting lots of meetings there?’ “By pulling and pushing, the crowd took us to Gram Vikas building, the other side of the road. They were armed with lathis, axe, spade, crowbar, iron rods, sickles, etc.
They continued beating us in the Jan Vikas building. They tore the blouse of sister, began assaulting her when I objected. I was beaten with iron rod on my right shoulder [and] they poured kerosene all over the body and was taking matches. Another suggested to take me to the road and burn [me] there.
We were taken to the road and [they] made me kneel down on the road for more than 10 minutes. “Meanwhile they brought sister out from Jan Vikas. Someone was searching for a rope and tied us together [to] burn [us] alive. Then they decided to parade us to Nuagaon, half a kilometre from there. We were paraded half naked. They told us to fold our hands and walk. They tried to strip remaining clothes. Somehow both of us managed to resist the same. As we were walking they went on showering blows on us. Some among the crowd began abusing [us with] words in Malayalam as they might have been working in Kerala.” When they reached Nuagaon it was 2.30 pm and there were 12 personnel of the Orissa State Armed Police standing by the side of the road, the letter says. “I asked, sir, please help us. At that time one among the crowd beat me for asking the help. The police were just onlookers,” Father Chellan’s note says.
In it he says that one of the crowd kicked him on the face. “At that time one among them I know well as a shopkeeper of Nuagaon was collecting thrown away tires to burn us.” The crowd then took them to the K. Nuagaon block building and an officer there took them to the police outpost where they were given some first aid and taken to the Baliguda police station at 9 pm where they lodged three separate First Information Reports – on the attack on the Pastor Centre, the attack on Father Chellan and the attack on the sister.
In the Baliguda police station the Inspector-in-Charge asked him: “Are you interested in lodging an FIR?” They spent that night in a camp of the Central Reserve Police Force. They were put on a bus to Bhubaneswar around 4 pm on August 26. Father Chellan told The Hindu that they were not given a copy of the FIR as they were too badly injured to wait for one.
Butchered cash cows, floods and a smile
During the last couple of weeks, the whole world has been a witness to the financial turmoil and the hammering stocks took. Big companies went bust and smiling stock brokers relied on valium to keep their breathing rate intact.
Being a cynic and considerably immune to materialistic money related upheavels, I derieve a certain amount of pleasure out of the world's misery.
I wished I could menacingly announce on the Public address system at the New York Stock Exchange ""Ever seen In Pursuit of happiness ? HAHA..Gotcha "".
Its a different thing that i better have an incredible getaway vehicle once I instigate stock brokers who lost a sizeable porition of their financial holdings.
When people get washed away in Bihar, I wait to see the magnificent sight of an old ailing villager drifting away on a peice of wood.
When stock brokers sit at the exchange with their heads in their hands, I cannot help but smile and imitate Eric cartman and say "he's such a Douche..heheheh".
For once I was not sympathetic to the blast situation in Gujarat, and was craving to see some other news rather than the bomb blast coverage. I seem to have got 'bored' of all these blasts getting triggered every now & then, and feel strongly against exaggerating acts of terror.
Ignore the terrorists and they'd feel left out ! ha !
I amuse myself by indulging in absurd thoughts of a news reporter saying " Meanwhile, there was a big bomb blast outside the Parliament and some people are killed, but thats not so important so back to the studios "
I wonder if the terrorists would be able to mutter anything beyond ' What THE fuck ?" in disbelief after watching that part of the news.
Visuals of Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Kyle on my television end up in mutterances of words like Sweet, Awesome and Whoa!
OK, it has been in the closet for almost a decade now, lets bring it out.
I am evil, the innermost core of me is somewhat amused inspite of witnessing suffering and misery. Pain and death is something I am still sensistive about though.
So now I guess it implies that I cannot participate in the Miss World contest, since I do not advocate world peace or am deeply in love with Mother Teresa. I assume, it also rules out my candidature for the Nobel peace prize, that I have been eying for a few years.
The day Sushmita Sen won a beauty pageant, my faith in beauty was lost anyway, so it doesnt matter ( see, again...how easily I ridiculed Ms. Sen, im so insensitive! )
The reasons behind this ultra practical approach to observing people's misery are many. A strict Ghetto upbringing in the Western part of Delhi makes you quite selfish and teaches you to hustle and flow.
A well informed person is prone to being cold towards suffering after a certain period of time, when it gets too much and you know that nobody ( including the government) actually cares.
I tried to be a good human being, donated for PM relief fund and sent cute letters to earthquake victims. But then, they never reached them ( maybe the cards did...just to piss them off).
When frustration reached an all time high, it turns to sarcasm and eventually Evil :-)
Lets face the biggest revelation of the century, believe it or not, most of the humanity suffers because 80% people of the planet are STUPID. Plain Stupid. If they were like me, the world would be a super awesome place with no George Bushes and no Narendra Modis. Thus, no suffering.
With that said, I would like to inform you all that I am open to positions of leadership and rule. Kindly send the profile of your country/state and I shall consider ruling you.
Till that time, I will just sit in front of my television and amuse myself with my thoughts of a different view, on events of suffering.
It is the beauty of a sinister mind that keeps the world together, it is the scheming head of a ruler that keeps him in power and it is thus the law of nature for maintaing 95% of all people as stupid to serve as the fuel for the 5% who rule.
I leave you with these Golden words that will forever remind you of me.
Am i evil for believing what i do?
Am i evil for not agreeing with you?
Can't i be right and you wrong,
maybe your weak and im strong
Am i evil for having dark skin?
Am i evil for not being your twin?
Can't i be white and you black,
maybe i have what you lack.
am i evil for not being like you?
am i evil for being a nail... and u a screw?
Can't i be the screw and you the nail
maybe i'll succeed and where you fail
maybe your the evil one and im the good
and ur the one whos misunderstood.
Being a cynic and considerably immune to materialistic money related upheavels, I derieve a certain amount of pleasure out of the world's misery.
I wished I could menacingly announce on the Public address system at the New York Stock Exchange ""Ever seen In Pursuit of happiness ? HAHA..Gotcha "".
Its a different thing that i better have an incredible getaway vehicle once I instigate stock brokers who lost a sizeable porition of their financial holdings.
When people get washed away in Bihar, I wait to see the magnificent sight of an old ailing villager drifting away on a peice of wood.
When stock brokers sit at the exchange with their heads in their hands, I cannot help but smile and imitate Eric cartman and say "he's such a Douche..heheheh".
For once I was not sympathetic to the blast situation in Gujarat, and was craving to see some other news rather than the bomb blast coverage. I seem to have got 'bored' of all these blasts getting triggered every now & then, and feel strongly against exaggerating acts of terror.
Ignore the terrorists and they'd feel left out ! ha !
I amuse myself by indulging in absurd thoughts of a news reporter saying " Meanwhile, there was a big bomb blast outside the Parliament and some people are killed, but thats not so important so back to the studios "
I wonder if the terrorists would be able to mutter anything beyond ' What THE fuck ?" in disbelief after watching that part of the news.
Visuals of Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Kyle on my television end up in mutterances of words like Sweet, Awesome and Whoa!
OK, it has been in the closet for almost a decade now, lets bring it out.
I am evil, the innermost core of me is somewhat amused inspite of witnessing suffering and misery. Pain and death is something I am still sensistive about though.
So now I guess it implies that I cannot participate in the Miss World contest, since I do not advocate world peace or am deeply in love with Mother Teresa. I assume, it also rules out my candidature for the Nobel peace prize, that I have been eying for a few years.
The day Sushmita Sen won a beauty pageant, my faith in beauty was lost anyway, so it doesnt matter ( see, again...how easily I ridiculed Ms. Sen, im so insensitive! )
The reasons behind this ultra practical approach to observing people's misery are many. A strict Ghetto upbringing in the Western part of Delhi makes you quite selfish and teaches you to hustle and flow.
A well informed person is prone to being cold towards suffering after a certain period of time, when it gets too much and you know that nobody ( including the government) actually cares.
I tried to be a good human being, donated for PM relief fund and sent cute letters to earthquake victims. But then, they never reached them ( maybe the cards did...just to piss them off).
When frustration reached an all time high, it turns to sarcasm and eventually Evil :-)
Lets face the biggest revelation of the century, believe it or not, most of the humanity suffers because 80% people of the planet are STUPID. Plain Stupid. If they were like me, the world would be a super awesome place with no George Bushes and no Narendra Modis. Thus, no suffering.
With that said, I would like to inform you all that I am open to positions of leadership and rule. Kindly send the profile of your country/state and I shall consider ruling you.
Till that time, I will just sit in front of my television and amuse myself with my thoughts of a different view, on events of suffering.
It is the beauty of a sinister mind that keeps the world together, it is the scheming head of a ruler that keeps him in power and it is thus the law of nature for maintaing 95% of all people as stupid to serve as the fuel for the 5% who rule.
I leave you with these Golden words that will forever remind you of me.
Am i evil for believing what i do?
Am i evil for not agreeing with you?
Can't i be right and you wrong,
maybe your weak and im strong
Am i evil for having dark skin?
Am i evil for not being your twin?
Can't i be white and you black,
maybe i have what you lack.
am i evil for not being like you?
am i evil for being a nail... and u a screw?
Can't i be the screw and you the nail
maybe i'll succeed and where you fail
maybe your the evil one and im the good
and ur the one whos misunderstood.
Friday, September 26, 2008
The funny side of India :-)
If you have been smitten by the big buildings, wide open highways, swanky malls and fast cars in India. Look around again...a few pictures, in lighter vain...
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Employee Centric aint no Metric
If you happen to live the professional dream, have an MNC job with fancy title and fancier workstations you would quite fit in to the target readership for this one. With more and more people jumping on the corporate bandwagon, the need for effective people management techniques is at an all time high.
Waking up in a swanky multi story office after sleeping in the Lalaji's factory/shop for over 100 years, a lot of dignity needs to be gained for the professional elite in India. Offices are abuzz with words like Retention plans, Employee centric policies, Morale boosting exercises and numerous such phrases that make work seem like a joyride.
I wonder if at all companies ever consider the fundamentals that support these moves and the diligence behind these policies. After all, To err is human and Human Resources is Human too! What happens when the implementation goes wrong or the veracity of commitment towards benefit is prone to being under suspicion?
A hard-working entry level employee deserves a few choices when it comes to work conditions, but the CEO is also an 'employee' and a beneficiary of employee centric policies. Where do you draw the line? It takes no geniuses to conclude about who has the last laugh in the confrontation of interests, if at all the junior employee decides to challenge the authority of his senior.
At times the demands of the junior could be unjust and at times the senior could be a total jerk , set out to piss the world off as a revenge to his wasted youth. The debate has no end and eventually boils down to individual cases.
The world is witnessing the onset of the HPHE employee, well, just to keep you in the loop, HPHE is Highly Paid Highly Educated. This would imply that the employees are well paid since they have spent a fortune getting themselves prestigious educational dog tags that make them stand apart in every job interview and shine like a funky diamond on their resume.
This also boils down to a cold fact that with a lot of green currency rolling down their accounts on every pay-day, companies expect them to perform miracles, failing to do so leads to a ridiculously short 'perform now' period which transforms into termination in the event of failure to meet expected performance.
Is the whole highly paid employee concept worthwhile? Job security flirting with target expectations is not a pleasant idea to someone who loves the word stability.
In the Indian context, the love for the Government jobs emanates from the job security associated with it. If popular notions are to be considered, its a one way ticket and an employee cannot be fired inspite of consistently performing below expectations. Looking at our Ministers and Police officials, I can testify about that for sure!
Considering the other aspect of it, the situation where Senior Executives enjoy their position purely on the basis of the time they spent in an industry, is unjustified. On several occasions it has been observed that junior employees are far more educated and intelligent than their leadership (I know most of you would whisper 'yeah/true' as you read this), but there is no room for expressing anguish over lack of the pre requisite leadership skills.
It is this disgruntlement that leads to attrition, lack of morale and lowered productivity which eventually neutralizes all other employee benefits.
Another question that bothers a well oriented mind is, how far to go with pampering the employee? Or on the other hand, how restricted and fun depreived can you keep a job to maintain decorum?
Too much pampering might lead to an employee taking benefits for granted and expecting more on a regular basis, another theory believes that he shall stay content and a happy employee is always productive. A restricted employee might fear the bosses and perform well under those circumstances, well, on the other hand he might just decide not to take the pressure anymore and quit. Side effects include Fragging in extreme situations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging).
The bottomline is that an employee should not be mistreated on personal, religious or gender grounds. Most importantly, the feeling of being 'dispensable' should never creep into an employee's mind.
A Dumb HR Department or an unpopular Senior Executive can be as bad as spraying CS Gas in the office. Employee centric policies begin with hiring people with adequate IQ and proven leadership skills. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS_gas)
You can have a man work under fear or pressure, but eventually we all know the fate of a pressure cooker without a vent!
Dedicated to all my colleagues.
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